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Ethics Tonight – 2022 VA Fall Tour Chesapeake (Morning)


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Average Rating:
   21
Faculty:
Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq |  Greg St. Ours |  Barbara Saunders
Duration:
03:00
License:
Not Applicable
Location:
Chesapeake Conference Center - Chesapeake, Virginia

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Tags: Virginia CLE


Description

“Ethics Tonight – Season 2022” is a series of video vignettes designed to shed light on ethical issues that many attorneys face daily. While the issues raised in the series are never state specific, we will apply the Rules of Professional Conduct of your jurisdiction to the analysis of the issues presented.

In each program, three video vignettes will be shown, and a panel will discuss a series of questions that addresses the issues raised in each vignette. During the panel discussions, attendees will be encouraged to ask questions and share comments.

The intent is to emphasize that attorneys should take time to identify and reflect upon the ethical issues that arise in the day-to-day practice of law on a more frequent basis. Ultimately, the desire is to have attendees leave the program with a greater sensitivity of the many ethical issues that can be in play any day of the week, be better prepared to view these issues as learning opportunities and be more willing to take advantage of these opportunities in order to see that the issues are responsibly addressed and resolved.

Program Summary:
The issues raised in Vignette One “Air Traffic Control” include ethics concerns with a subscription-based legal practice, complying with Rules 1.1 and 1.4 when the client and attorney don’t share a common language, and exploring the ethical boundaries of a mediation practice.

In Vignette Two “Conflicts in the Metaverse,” the panel will have the opportunity to discuss the meaning of the terms “materially adverse interests” in the context of Rules 1.9 and 1.18 and “direct adversity” as used in Rule 1.7. Once the meaning of each term is explained, the panel will then shift to discussing the ramifications of these two terms on a practicing attorney. This session will then finish up with a deep dive on the topic of joint representation, including setting forth the ethical boundaries, exploring the use of advance waivers, and explaining the ethical issues that can arise when proposing or agreeing to a restriction to practice provision in a settlement offer.

Finally in Vignette Three “The Times They Are A-Changin” the program will conclude with discussions on trust accounting basics, ethical concerns with accepting cryptocurrency as payment for advanced fees, the importance of establishing communication boundaries in light of the tech-centered world we all live and work in, and finally, maintaining competency in the context of a fully virtual practice.

Credits


Virginia
General Credits Ethics Credits
3 3

 



Faculty

Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq's Profile

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Risk Manager

ALPS


Since 1998, Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq., has been a Risk Manager with ALPS, the nation’s largest direct writer of lawyers’ malpractice insurance. In his tenure with our company, Mr. Bassingthwaighte has conducted over 1200 law firm risk management assessment visits, presented over 600 continuing legal education seminars throughout the United States, and written extensively on risk management, ethics, and technology. Mr. Bassingthwaighte is a member of the State Bar of Montana as well as the American Bar Association where he currently sits on the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility’s Conference Planning Committee. He received his J.D. from Drake University Law School.


Greg St. Ours's Profile

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Partner

Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver


Greg St. Ours is a partner at Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver.  WAW is a full service commercial and litigation law firm with offices in Harrisonburg and Staunton, Virginia.

Greg’s principal focus is civil litigation.  His typical cases are on the defense side of the Bar in the fields of employment, construction, lender liability, antitrust and trade regulation, business torts, defamation, personal injury and wrongful death, and, in keeping with his role today as a panel member, professional malpractice, errors and omissions and insurance defense.

Greg also works with clients on the transaction side including advice and consultation on commercial transactions, contracts, insurance coverage, health care, employment, construction, commercial real estate and development, land use and zoning, eminent domain, finance and acquisitions, franchising and licensing, risk management, and copyright and trademark.

Greg received both his B.A. in Economics and his J.D. from the University of Virginia.


Barbara Saunders's Profile

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Assistant Ethics Counsel

Virginia State Bar


Barbara Balogh Saunders is Assistant Ethics Counsel for the Virginia State Bar.  She has held this position since June 2001.  Ms. Saunders staffs the Ethics Department’s “hotline,” providing ethics advice to members of the Virginia Bar, and also is staff counsel responsible for reviewing and investigating unauthorized practice of law complaints.
 
Prior to joining the Virginia State Bar, Ms. Saunders was in private practice for twelve years.  She was a partner at the law firm of Poindexter & Schorsch in Waynesboro where her practice focused on domestic relations, Workers Compensation, and Social Security disability.  Prior to practicing in Waynesboro, Ms. Saunders practiced in Richmond.
 
Ms. Saunders graduated from Mary Washington College in 1983 with a BA in International Affairs.  She graduated from T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 1989.


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Location

Chesapeake Conference Center

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700 Conference Center Dr, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320, United States
(757) 382-2500
chesapeakeconference.com